Sylvia Fricker sings the traditional murder ballad 'The Jealous Lover' from the 1964 Ian & Sylvia Vanguard album 'Northern Journey'. Ian is on guitar and Eric Weissberg on bass. The lyrics are in the video and below with comments about the song and singers.
Note: Ian & Sylvia made seven Vanguard studio albums with 87 songs from 1962 to 1968. This song is the third track on their third album. The next track is 'Four Rode By'.
[Vinyl/Lyrics/17-Images/WAV]
The Jealous Lover (Singer: Sylvia Fricker)
She dressed herself in men's attire
And so gaily she was dressed
A-thinkin' to meet her own true love
The one that she loved best
But when he saw her a-comin'
He cried out, "Who is there?"
It is my eldest brother
A-thinkin' to meet my dear
But how soon will I deceive him
For his butcher I will be
He shall not live to enjoy my love
Nor yet to bother me
He fired right at him as he thought
Which caused his loved one to fall
And in her tender bosom
He lodged a fatal ball
"I fall, I fall, I fall," said she
"I fall unto the ground
Oh, Jimmie, cruel Jimmie
You have gave me my death wound
Come look at the crimson tide
That from my heart does flow
Oh Jimmie, cruel Jimmie
How could you use me so?"
And when he saw what he had done
He tore his lovin' hair
Another loaded pistol
For himself he did repair
"I shall die for the love of Mary
I shall die for the life of thee"
Come all bold lads and bold lassies
Be aware of jealousy
Songwriter: Traditional song (Arranged by Sylvia Fricker)
[Lyrics from genius.com]
Wikipedia states:
Album Personnel: Ian Tyson - vocals, 6- and 12-string guitar, Sylvia Fricker - vocals, autoharp, John Herald - guitar, Monte Dunn - mandolin, guitar, Eric Weissberg - bass, Russ Savakus - bass.
Album liner notes by Maynard Solomon: The Jealous Lover: from Helen Creighton's "Maritime Folk Songs," this rare ballad tells the unusual story of a lover who kills his beloved thinking that she is his own brother. No listing of this ballad appears in the standard reference works on Anglo-American balladry, but it is clearly related to the many murder ballads which were hawked by street peddlers on broadside sheets in 18th and 19th century England.
Wikipedia states:
Ian & Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker. They began performing together in 1959, married in 1964, and divorced and stopped performing together in 1975. Ian Tyson, CM, AOE was born in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1933. In his teens, he decided upon a career as a rodeo rider. Recovering from injuries sustained from a fall during the mid-1950s, he started learning guitar. In the late 1950s, he relocated to Toronto, aspiring to a career as a commercial artist. He also started playing clubs and coffeehouses in Toronto. By 1959 he was performing music as a full-time occupation. Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker, CM, was born in Chatham, Ontario, in 1940. While still in her teens, she started frequenting the folk clubs of Toronto.
The two started performing together in Toronto in 1959. By 1962, they were living in New York City, where they caught the attention of manager Albert Grossman, who managed Peter, Paul and Mary and would soon become Bob Dylan's manager. Grossman secured them a contract with Vanguard Records and they released their first album late in the year. …...more
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